Liptako speaks : history from oral tradition in Africa /

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Although historians today turn increasingly to oral tradition as a source of data on the history of non-literate peoples, Paul Irwin cautions them against uncritical use of such evidence. In an attempt to determine how much historians can learn about the past from oral traditions, he studies those o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Irwin, Paul, 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1981]
Colección:Princeton legacy library
Temas:
Fula (African people) > History.
Oral tradition.
Peuls (Peuple d'Afrique) > Histoire.
Tradition orale.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
Fula (African people)
Liptako (Burkina Faso) > History.
Fulani Empire > History.
Liptako (Burkina Faso) > Histoire.
Africa > Fulani Empire.
Burkina Faso > Liptako.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Maps, Figures, and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of Abbreviations
  • A Note on Transcription
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Characters
  • Chapter 2. Transmitting Memory Down Through the Generations
  • Chapter 3. A World of Lineages
  • Chapter 4. Reckoning Time's Passing
  • Chapter 5. The Jihad
  • Chapter 6. The Style of Politics
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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